NEW YORK, NY / ACCESS Newswire / November 20, 2025 / Most institutions didn't build ahead of the new rules for global trade and its supply chains. They never expected any to emerge. So they built for what they knew best, an antiquated world where supply chains behaved predictably, certifications were trusted by default, and threats followed the familiar contours of physical borders.

The past few years shattered that illusion. Infiltrated materials, falsified documentation, unverifiable recycling claims, and foreign influence operations created vulnerabilities so deep that regulators had no choice but to rewrite the playbook. Governments and corporations are now reacting, scrambling to seal gaps they never expected to exist. SMX (NASDAQ:SMX) isn't scrambling. SMX saw these fractures forming long before the market understood what they meant, and it built the one system designed to close every exposure these new rules have brought into the light.

Companies had time to stay ahead of the game. This shift in supply chain integrity didn't happen in a single moment. It happened through accumulation, one breach layered onto another until the old assumptions finally collapsed. That's the point where most organizations realized they were operating without the ability to authenticate the inputs flowing through their systems. They could monitor activity, but they could not confirm identity. They could measure output, but they could not prove origin.

SMX built its molecular identity platform before the blind spots became public weaknesses, creating a way for materials themselves to carry truth no matter how far they travel or how many times they change form. That's the good news for everyone.

Countries Are Partnering Quickly in 2025

Singapore's A*STAR is on board, selecting SMX to help build a national infrastructure for plastic circularity. This is a stark departure from the status quo. Countries like Singapore aren't looking for more dashboards or better spreadsheets. They need real verification at the molecular level, full digital passports that hold up under pressure, and a financial system like the Plastic Cycle Token that assigns value to authenticated behavior rather than reported intentions. A*STAR recognized that SMX didn't wait for regulations to force action. It built the infrastructure required to meet them the moment they arrived.

Industry after industry is now experiencing the same reckoning. Brands that once relied on loose certification frameworks-recycled plastics, natural rubber, textiles, electronics, luxury goods, semiconductors-have been pushed into a level of accountability they were never structurally designed to meet. They are retrofitting old processes to survive new expectations. SMX doesn't retrofit. It embeds identity at the beginning of the chain, transforming compliance from an annual exercise into a living, persistent layer of truth.

This distinction matters. Monitoring tools track behavior after it happens. SMX verifies identity before it happens. Monitoring can be gamed, evaded, or manipulated. Molecular identity cannot. That is the line now dividing the companies prepared for the future from the ones still patching the past.

Not Just Material Products Like Gold, Textiles, and Rubber

National security agencies are arriving at the same realization. Modern infiltration isn't defined by force; it's defined by deception. The most damaging breaches don't come through broken gates. They come through trusted doors. They come disguised as legitimate materials, credentials, certifications, and narratives that slip into environments assumed to be safe. Once inside, the damage is already done.

No worries for those paying attention. SMX closes that entry point. It authenticates every input, whether it is a shipment of metals, a recycled plastic bale, a computer processor or component, a precious metal bar, or a digital credential entering a system. It makes infiltration visible not after an incident but before it becomes one. And it does so in seconds, not days, weeks, or months, through a proprietary scanner designed for one purpose, to tell the truth.

Still, verification is just part of the SMX coverage. Its Plastic Cycle Token takes it to the next level. It's not a speculative asset. It's a value layer that emerges directly from verified material. Once authenticated, every unit of recycled plastic becomes a tradable, enforceable representation of real circularity. That changes compliance. It changes economics. And best of all, it changes how countries enforce environmental policy without crushing industry under impossible reporting burdens. SMX built this before regulators began the global shift toward enforcement. Now the world needs it.

And that is the point organizations must understand. The institutions acting now, including the six partnerships SMX secured so far in 2025, will lead the next era of supply-chain power. They will set the standards others follow, shaping the very definition of authenticity, accountability, and resilience. The ones who delay will spend years trying to retrofit systems that were never meant to withstand this level of scrutiny. They will face more than delay. They will face decay in brand perception, consumer trust, and regulatory pressure.

It's No Secret… SMX Is Shouting the Answer

The message is no longer a secret. SMX is doing everything it can to shout from global rooftops that vulnerabilities are exposed and capable of causing catastrophic results. The grid, national security, counterfeiting, and defense systems are all at risk, not once in a while but 24/7/365.

It's time for the world to pay attention to what SMX has been saying. The rules have changed. And the only way to win this new game is to be the leader who never gives up ground. SMX built the system that makes that possible.

About SMX

As global businesses face new and complex challenges relating to carbon neutrality and meeting new governmental and regional regulations and standards, SMX is able to offer players along the value chain access to its marking, tracking, measuring and digital platform technology to transition more successfully to a low-carbon economy.

Forward-Looking Statements

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